Five years ago this week… Something fishy was going on in Austria, with government tenders for broadband development falling almost exclusively to the incumbent market leader, A1 Telekom Austria. Although it did not consistently offer the cheapest service, Telekom Austria had won 80% of the contracts from past government projects. Feeling cheated, The Austrian Association of Alternative Telecommunications Networks was pushing for a review on the management of government tenders, as well as an increase in regional tenders. — Discovery ended 2021 with 22 million paying D2C subscribers after adding 2 million in the fourth quarter – driving a 10% revenue increase for Q4 of $3.2 billion. Aside from Discovery’s ongoing mergers (WarnerMedia), joint ventures (BT Sport) and content…